Shyama V. S
A design generalist from India with background in Design Research & Communication Design.
My work experience ranges from Design Research in the field of Usable Security, Accessibility and Human-ComputerInteraction for smartphone users and Service Design. I have published and presented papers at technical conferences such as International HCI, Interact and have received the IFIPTC13 Accessibility Award 2017 at Interact 2017 conference for work on usable security for blind smart phone users.
My design journey started with my bachelor’s degree in fashion design. I have a Masters in Visual Communication from India’s premiere design institute, Industrial design center, IIT Bombay where I dabbled with aesthetics, logic and research.
LIST OF PUBLISHED PAPERS I HAVE contributed to
Participatory Design of Vaccination Services with Less-Literate Users. HCI (30) 2017: 301-308
A Critique on Participatory Design in Developmental Context: A Case Study. HCI (11) 2017: 647-658
Coping with Accessibility Challenges for Security - A User Study with Blind Smartphone Users. INTERACT (4) 2017: 3-22
Modeling Less-Literate User's Choices of Smartphone Authentication Modes. INTERACT (4)2017: 496-500
AWARDS
- IFIPTC13 Accessibility Award 2017 at Interact
- SEMI FINALIST AT ADOBE 2015
Press
- THE HINDU -Keralite designs a message on caring for the mentally ill
- A TO Z - these letters talk about mental health
- HEALTH COLLECTIVE - Paint me a canvas: On art, poetry & self-care
- MATHRUBOOMI -registering the contrasting reality of womanhood
- INDIAN EXPRESS - handmade wonders